More German proverb Quotes

1. A bad wound may heal, but a bad name will kill. ...
   
2. A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It ...
   
3. A bird that you set free may be caught again, but ...
   
4. A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives f ...
   
5. A book holds a house of gold. ...
   
6. A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ...
   
7. A book tightly shut is but a block of paper. ...
   
8. A brave man dies but once, a coward many times. ...
   
9. A camel never sees its own hump. ...
   
10. A clear conscience is a good pillow. ...
    
11. A closed mind is like a closed book just a block o ...
    
12. A cold needs the cook as much as the doctor. ...
    
13. A contented mind is a continual feast. ...
    
14. A country can be judged by the quality of its prov ...
    
15. A crow is no whiter for being washed. ...
    
16. A danger foreseen is half-avoided. ...
    
17. A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble ...
    
18. A dimple in the chin a devil within. ...
    
19. A diplomat must always think twice before he says ...
    
20. A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied. ...
    
21. A father is a banker provided by nature. ...
    
22. A fault confessed is half redressed. ...
    
23. A filthy mouth will not utter decent language. ...
    
24. A fool and water will go the way they are diverted ...
    
25. A fool judges people by the presents they give him ...
    
26. A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the c ...
    
27. A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is bor ...
    
28. A full cup must be carried steadily. ...
    
29. A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man p ...
    
30. A good example is like a bell that calls many to c ...
    
31. A good friend will fit you like ring to finger. ...
    
32. A good resolution is like an old horse, which is o ...
    
33. A good rest is half the work. ...
    
34. A good son makes a good husband. ...
    
35. A guest is like rain: when he lingers on, he becom ...
    
36. A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a ye ...
    
37. A hair on the head is worth two on the brush. ...
    
38. A half-truth is a whole lie. ...
    
39. A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel ...
    
40. A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of cont ...
    
41. A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ...
    
42. A heart that loves is always young. ...
    
43. A hedge between keeps friendship green. ...
    
44. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single ...
    
45. A kind word is like a spring day. ...
    
46. A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to b ...
    
47. A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit. ...
    
48. A lie runs until it is overtaken by the truth. ...
    
49. A lie travels farther than the truth. ...
    
50. A light heart lives long. ...
    
51. A little pot boils easily. ...
    
52. A love that can last forever takes but a second to ...
    
53. A man is as old as he feels himself to be. ...
    
54. A man is judged by his deeds, not by his words. ...
    
55. A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ...
    
56. A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity ...
    
57. A man too busy to take care of his health is like ...
    
58. A man too busy to take care of his health is like ...
    
59. A man's first care should be to avoid the reproach ...
    
60. A man's ruin lies in his tongue. ...
    
61. A mere friend will agree with you, but a real frie ...
    
62. A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is rea ...
    
63. A mother understands what a child does not say. ...
    
64. A people without history is like wind on the buffa ...
    
65. A person should want to live, if only out of curio ...
    
66. A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, choo ...
    
67. A quarrel is like buttermilk, the more you stir it ...
    
68. A rich man has no need of character. ...
    
69. A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with t ...
    
70. A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ...
    
71. A single conversation with a wise man is better th ...
    
72. A smiling face is half the meal. ...
    
73. A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. ...
    
74. A snake deserves no pity. ...
    
75. A society grows great when old men plant trees in ...
    
76. A society grows great when old men plant trees who ...
    
77. A soft answer turneth away wrath. ...
    
78. A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous wor ...
    
79. A stumble may prevent a fall. ...
    
80. A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who w ...
    
81. A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true f ...
    
82. A tree never hits an automobile except in self def ...
    
83. A turkey never voted for an early Christmas. ...
    
84. A white wall is the fool's paper. ...
    
85. A wise man cares not for that which he cannot have ...
    
86. A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant ma ...
    
87. A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime. ...
    
88. Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. ...
    
89. Abundance, like want, ruins many. ...
    
90. Adversity is the touchstone of friendship. ...
    
91. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. ...
    
92. Advice is least heeded when most needed. ...
    
93. Advice is least heeded when most needed. ...
    
94. After dark all cats are leopards. Zuni ...
    
95. After dinner, rest after dinner walk a mile. ...
    
96. After the game, the king and pawn go into the same ...
    
97. After three days without reading, talk becomes fla ...
    
98. After victory, tighten your helmet chord. ...
    
99. All sins cast long shadows. ...
    
100. All sunshine makes the desert. ...
     
101. All things good to know are difficult to learn. ...
     
102. Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky. ...
     
103. An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an arm ...
     
104. An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold. ...
     
105. An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of g ...
     
106. An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of fr ...
     
107. An ounce of mother is worth a pound of priests. ...
     
108. Anger is a bad counselor. ...
     
109. Anger is the only thing to put off until tomorrow. ...
     
110. Anger without power is folly. ...
     
111. Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will b ...
     
112. Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown. ...
     
113. Art is the illusion of spontaneity. ...
     
114. As a man thinketh, so is he ...
     
115. As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. ...
     
116. As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is cont ...
     
117. As he thinks in his heart, so he is. ...
     
118. As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the count ...
     
119. As you teach, you learn. ...
     
120. Ask a lot, but take what is offered. ...
     
121. Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house. ...
     
122. Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house. ...
     
123. Ask advice only of your equals. ...
     
124. Ask advice only of your equals. ...
     
125. Ask questions from your heart and you will be answ ...
     
126. Ask the experienced rather than the learned. ...
     
127. At high tide fish eat ants; at low tide ants eat f ...
     
128. Avoid the evil, and it will avoid thee. ...
     
129. Bad is never good until worse happens. ...
     
130. Bad is never good until worse happens. ...
     
131. Bad news goes about in clogs, Good news in stockin ...
     
132. Be happy while you're living, for you're a long ti ...
     
133. Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate wit ...
     
134. Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate wit ...
     
135. Be humble for you are made of dung. Be noble for y ...
     
136. Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for ...
     
137. Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of s ...
     
138. Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of ...
     
139. Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of ...
     
140. Be on your guard against a silent dog and still wa ...
     
141. Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changi ...
     
142. Be the first to the field and the last to the couc ...
     
143. Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.. ...
     
144. Bed is the poor man's opera. ...
     
145. Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings i ...
     
146. Beginning is easy - Continuing is hard. ...
     
147. Behind an able man there are always other able men ...
     
148. Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all. ...
     
149. Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by ...
     
150. Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by ...
     
151. Better be quarreling than lonesome. ...
     
152. Better be quarrelling than lonesome. ...
     
153. Better no law than laws not enforced. ...
     
154. Better the foot slip than the tongue. ...
     
155. Better to light a candle than to curse the darknes ...
     
156. Better to light a candle than to curse the darknes ...
     
157. Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is w ...
     
158. Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is ...
     
159. Beware of a man's shadow and a bee's sting. ...
     
160. Beware of the man to whom you have done a good tur ...
     
161. Blessed is he who speaks a kindness thrice blessed ...
     
162. Blind belief is dangerous. ...
     
163. Blood is inherited and virtue is acquired. ...
     
164. Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity. ...
     
165. Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity. ...
     
166. Break the leg of a bad habit. ...
     
167. Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter o ...
     
168. Buy on the rumor sell on the news. ...
     
169. Buy on the rumor; sell on the news. ...
     
170. By asking for the impossible we obtain the possibl ...
     
171. By asking for the impossible, obtain the best poss ...
     
172. By learning to obey, you will know how to command. ...
     
173. By learning you will teach, by teaching you will l ...
     
174. By learning you will teach; by teaching you will l ...
     
175. Bygone troubles are a pleasure to talk about. ...
     
176. Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ...
     
177. Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ...
     
178. Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes ...
     
179. Character is what you are in the dark. ...
     
180. Charity sees the need not the cause. ...
     
181. Charity sees the need not the cause. ...
     
182. Charity sees the need not the cause. ...
     
183. Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a w ...
     
184. Cheese, wine, and a friend must be old to be good. ...
     
185. Children are a poor man's wealth. ...
     
186. Children speak in the field what they hear in the ...
     
187. Climb mountains to see lowlands. ...
     
188. Complain to one who can help you. ...
     
189. Complain to one who can help you. ...
     
190. Confessed faults are half mended. ...
     
191. Conscience is the voice of the soul. ...
     
192. Conversation is food for the soul. ...
     
193. Cuando amor no es locura, no es amor. (When love i ...
     
194. Danger and delight grow on one stalk. ...
     
195. Danger and delight grow on one stalk. ...
     
196. Danger past, God forgotten. ...
     
197. Daylight follows a dark night. ...
     
198. Deal with the faults of others as gently as with y ...
     
199. Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don ...
     
200. Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wis ...
     
201. Deliberate often--decide once. ...
     
202. Dig the well before you are thirsty. ...
     
203. Diligence is the mother of good luck. ...
     
204. Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have ...
     
205. Discretion is knowing how to hide that which we ca ...
     
206. Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. ...
     
207. Do not always expect good to happen, but do not le ...
     
208. Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie. ...
     
209. Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds. ...
     
210. Do not confine your children to your own learning, ...
     
211. Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. ...
     
212. Do not employ handsome servants. ...
     
213. Do not employ handsome servants. ...
     
214. Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to sta ...
     
215. Do not insult the mother alligator until after you ...
     
216. Do not lengthen the quarrel while there is an oppo ...
     
217. Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by ...
     
218. Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by ...
     
219. Do not put your spoon into the pot which does not ...
     
220. Do not rejoice over what has not yet happened. ...
     
221. Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead wi ...
     
222. Do not spit in the well - you may be thirsty by an ...
     
223. Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in mira ...
     
224. Do not throw the arrow which will return against y ...
     
225. Do not throw the arrow which will return against y ...
     
226. Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one your ...
     
227. Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, ...
     
228. Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not h ...
     
229. Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up don't be bitt ...
     
230. Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ...
     
231. Don't fall before you're pushed. ...
     
232. Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees. ...
     
233. Don't live in a town where there are no doctors. ...
     
234. Don't look for more honor than your learning merit ...
     
235. Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has be ...
     
236. Don't marry for money. You can borrow it cheaper. ...
     
237. Don't offer me advice give me money. ...
     
238. Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile. ...
     
239. Don't run too far, you will have to return the sam ...
     
240. Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence. ...
     
241. Don't stay long when the husband is not at home. ...
     
242. Don't think there are no crocodiles because the wa ...
     
243. Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whe ...
     
244. Dreams are wishes your heart makes. ...
     
245. Drink nothing without seeing it Sign nothing witho ...
     
246. Drink nothing without seeing it sign nothing witho ...
     
247. Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing with ...
     
248. Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing with ...
     
249. Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall b ...
     
250. Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall b ...
     
251. Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall b ...
     
252. Each bird loves to hear himself sing. ...
     
253. Each day provides its own gifts. ...
     
254. Each generation will reap what the former generati ...
     
255. Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. ...
     
256. Eat and drink with your relatives; do business wit ...
     
257. Eating and scratching want but a beginning. ...
     
258. Eating while seated makes one of large size eating ...
     
259. Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think. ...
     
260. Enough shovels of earth .......................... ...
     
261. Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ...
     
262. Even a clock that does not work is right twice a d ...
     
263. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted ...
     
264. Even the longest day has its end. ...
     
265. Every animal knows more than you do. Nez Perce ...
     
266. Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and p ...
     
267. Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mothe ...
     
268. Every invalid is a doctor. ...
     
269. Every path has its puddle. ...
     
270. Every person is a fool in somebody's opinion. ...
     
271. Everybody has been young before, but not everybody ...
     
272. Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not ...
     
273. Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not ...
     
274. Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not ...
     
275. Everyone is the age of their heart. ...
     
276. Everyone is wise until he speaks. ...
     
277. Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ...
     
278. Everyone thinks his own burden heavy. ...
     
279. Everything passes, everything breaks, everything w ...
     
280. Everything passes, everything wears out, everythin ...
     
281. Examine what is said, not him who speaks. ...
     
282. Examine what is said, not him who speaks. ...
     
283. Experience is an expensive school, but a fool will ...
     
284. Experience is the comb that nature gives us when w ...
     
285. Eyes that see do not grow old. ...
     
286. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisse ...
     
287. Fall down seven times, get up eight. ...
     
288. Fall seven times, stand up eight. ...
     
289. Fall seven times, stand up eight. ...
     
290. Fear less, hope more Whine less, breathe more ...
     
291. Fear less, hope more;
     Whine less, breathe more ...
     
292. Fear less, hope moreWhine less, breathe moreTalk l ...
     
293. Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you, you wi ...
     
294. Fear the goat from the front, the horse from the r ...
     
295. First Appeared in 1721 ...
     
296. First deserve, and then desire. ...
     
297. First mend yourself, and then mend others. ...
     
298. First secure an independent income, then practice ...
     
299. First secure an independent income, then practice ...
     
300. Fish, to taste good, must swim three times in wate ...
     
301. For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up ...
     
302. For the birds that cannot soar, God has provided l ...
     
303. Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. ...
     
304. Fortune is a giver and a taker. ...
     
305. Four things come not back -- the spoken word, the ...
     
306. Friendship is love with understanding. ...
     
307. From a fallen tree, all make kindling. ...
     
308. From word to deed is a great space. ...
     
309. Get what you can and keep what you have that's the ...
     
310. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach ...
     
311. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teac ...
     
312. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teac ...
     
313. Give away all you like, but keep your bills and yo ...
     
314. Give me neither poverty nor riches. ...
     
315. Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked ...
     
316. Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it c ...
     
317. Go and wake up your luck. ...
     
318. Go often to the house of thy friend for weeds soon ...
     
319. Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soo ...
     
320. God conceals himself from the mind of man, but rev ...
     
321. God could not be everywhere, and therefore he crea ...
     
322. God gave teeth He will give bread. ...
     
323. God gives every bird his worm, but he does not thr ...
     
324. God gives the nuts but he does not crack them. ...
     
325. God gives, but man must open his hand. ...
     
326. God pays, but not weekly wages. ...
     
327. God sells knowledge for labour -- honour for risk. ...
     
328. God will be present, whether asked or not. ...
     
329. Good habits result from resisting temptation. ...
     
330. Good habits result from resisting temptation. ...
     
331. Good luck beats early rising. ...
     
332. Good men must die, but death cannot kill their nam ...
     
333. Goodness is the only investment that never fails. ...
     
334. Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear. ...
     
335. Gossip needs no carriage. ...
     
336. Gossip needs no carriage. ...
     
337. Gratitude is the memory of the heart. ...
     
338. Gray hair is a sign of age, not wisdom. ...
     
339. Great anger is more destructive than the sword ...
     
340. Great men are not always wise. ...
     
341. Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth. ...
     
342. Grief shared is half grief; Joy shared is double j ...
     
343. Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last. ...
     
344. Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shado ...
     
345. Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold. ...
     
346. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand bu ...
     
347. He fishes well who uses a golden hook. ...
     
348. He is most cheated who cheats himself. ...
     
349. He is rich enough that wants nothing. ...
     
350. He is rich who owes nothing. ...
     
351. He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see ...
     
352. He that does not ask will never get a bargain. ...
     
353. He that has no charity deserves no mercy. ...
     
354. He that is of a merry heart hasth a continual feas ...
     
355. He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty ...
     
356. He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly... ...
     
357. He that jokes confesses. ...
     
358. He that lives in a glass house must not throw ston ...
     
359. He that lives on hope will die fasting. ...
     
360. He that loves the law will get his fill of it. ...
     
361. He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innoc ...
     
362. He that plants trees loves others besides himself. ...
     
363. He that promises most will perform least. ...
     
364. He that seeks trouble never misses. ...
     
365. He that would be a leader must be a bridge. ...
     
366. He was burned, so he ran into the bamboo grove, bu ...
     
367. He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes ...
     
368. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who ...
     
369. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who ...
     
370. He who begins many things finishes but few. ...
     
371. He who can't endure the bad will not live to see t ...
     
372. He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled ...
     
373. He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled ...
     
374. He who divides and shares is left with the best sh ...
     
375. He who does not venture has no luck. ...
     
376. He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne. ...
     
377. He who fears something gives it power over him. ...
     
378. He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of ...
     
379. He who has health has hope and he who has hope, ha ...
     
380. He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live ...
     
381. He who hurries can not walk with dignity. ...
     
382. He who ignores discipline despises himself, but wh ...
     
383. He who is afraid to ask is ashamed of learning. ...
     
384. He who is afraid to ask is ashamed of learning. ...
     
385. He who is caught in a lie is not believed when he ...
     
386. He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain. ...
     
387. He who is not impatient is not in love. ...
     
388. He who is outside his door already has a hard part ...
     
389. He who knows little quickly tells it. ...
     
390. He who knows nothing doubts nothing. ...
     
391. He who must die, must die in the dark, even though ...
     
392. He who puts up with insult invites injury. ...
     
393. He who refuses to obey cannot command. ...
     
394. He who speaks the truth must have one foot in the ...
     
395. He who survives will see the outcome. ...
     
396. He who teaches children learns more than they do. ...
     
397. He who undertakes too much seldom succeeds. ...
     
398. He who waits for a chance may wait for a long time ...
     
399. He who wants a rose must respect the thorn. ...
     
400. He who would leap high must take a long run. ...
     
401. He who would leap high must take a long run. ...
     
402. He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and b ...
     
403. Her children arise up, and call her blessed. ...
     
404. Here's to you ,as good as you are, And here's to m ...
     
405. Hold a true friend with both hands. ...
     
406. Hold a true friend with both hands. ...
     
407. Honey is sweet but bees sting. ...
     
408. Hope for miracles, but don't rely on one. ...
     
409. Hope is the nurse of misery. ...
     
410. How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest a ...
     
411. How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest a ...
     
412. How many angels are there One - who transforms our ...
     
413. However far the stream flows, it never forgets its ...
     
414. However long the night, the dawn will break. ...
     
415. I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and wal ...
     
416. I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and wal ...
     
417. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinn ...
     
418. I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do an ...
     
419. I need not fear my enemies because the most they c ...
     
420. I searched for God and found only myself. I search ...
     
421. I will charge thee nothing but the promise that th ...
     
422. I will not criticize another until I have walked a ...
     
423. If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even ...
     
424. If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even ...
     
425. If all pulled in one direction, the world would ke ...
     
426. If charity cost nothing, the world would be full o ...
     
427. If God lived on earth, people would break his wind ...
     
428. If God lived on earth, people would break his wind ...
     
429. If heaven made him, earth can find some use for hi ...
     
430. If heaven made him, earth can find some use for hi ...
     
431. If I die, I forgive you If I live, we shall see. ...
     
432. If not for fear, sin would be sweet. ...
     
433. If rich people could hire other people to die for ...
     
434. If the camel once get his nose in a tent, the body ...
     
435. If the rich could hire someone else to die for the ...
     
436. If the rich could hire the poor to die for them, t ...
     
437. If the thunder is not loud, the peasant forgets to ...
     
438. If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. ...
     
439. If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. ...
     
440. If the young only knew; if the old only could. ...
     
441. If there is light in the soul, There will be beaut ...
     
442. If there is no wind, row. ...
     
443. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat. ...
     
444. If three people say you are an ass, put on a bridl ...
     
445. If work were good for you, the rich would leave no ...
     
446. If you always give You will always have. ...
     
447. If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his ...
     
448. If you are patient in one moment of anger, you wil ...
     
449. If you are patient in one moment of anger, you wil ...
     
450. If you are planning for a year, sow rice if you ar ...
     
451. If you are rich, you speak the truth if you are po ...
     
452. If you believe everything you read, better not rea ...
     
453. If you believe everything you read, better not rea ...
     
454. If you believe everything you read, better not rea ...
     
455. If you bow at all, bow low. ...
     
456. If you bow at all, bow low. ...
     
457. If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk you ...
     
458. If you can't bite, don't show your teeth. ...
     
459. If you can't go over, you must go under. ...
     
460. If you can't lick 'em, join 'em. ...
     
461. If you get up one more time than you fall you will ...
     
462. If you get up one more time than you fall you will ...
     
463. If you have much, give of your wealth if you have ...
     
464. If you love it let it go. If it returns to you che ...
     
465. If you must play, decide on three things at the st ...
     
466. If you refuse to be made straight when you are gre ...
     
467. If you refuse to be made straight when you are gre ...
     
468. If you run from a wolf, you may run into a bear. ...
     
469. If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot. ...
     
470. If you see in your wine the reflection of a person ...
     
471. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault ...
     
472. If you sit by the river long enough, you will see ...
     
473. If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup ...
     
474. If you speak the truth, keep a foot in the stirrup ...
     
475. If you stand straight Do not fear a crooked shadow ...
     
476. If you suspect a man, don't employ him, and if ypu ...
     
477. If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If y ...
     
478. If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden ...
     
479. If you want to be respected, you must respect your ...
     
480. If you want to be respected, you must respect your ...
     
481. If you want to be respected, you must respect your ...
     
482. If you want to know what God thinks of money, look ...
     
483. If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep. ...
     
484. If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yoursel ...
     
485. If you were born lucky, even your rooster will lay ...
     
486. If you wish good advice, consult an old man. ...
     
487. If you wish to know what a man is, place him in au ...
     
488. If you wish to know what a man is, place him in au ...
     
489. If you wish to know what a man is, place him in au ...
     
490. If you wish to know what a man is, place him in au ...
     
491. If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge th ...
     
492. If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge th ...
     
493. If you would be pope, you must think of nothing el ...
     
494. If you would live healthy, be old early. ...
     
495. If your house is on fire, warm yourself by it. ...
     
496. If youth but had the knowledge and old age the str ...
     
497. In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats. ...
     
498. In case of doubt it is best to lean to the side of ...
     
499. In God we trust all others must pay cash. ...
     
500. In reviling, it is not necessary to prepare a prel ...
     
501. In the morning be first up, and in the evening las ...
     
502. In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in ...
     
503. In wealth many friends in poverty, not even relati ...
     
504. Indecision is like a stepchild if he does not wash ...
     
505. Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not was ...
     
506. It is a good answer that knows when to stop. ...
     
507. It is always easier to ask forgiveness than permis ...
     
508. It is better to give than to lend and it costs abo ...
     
509. It is better to light one candle than to curse the ...
     
510. It is better to live for one day as a tiger than t ...
     
511. It is easier to pull down than to build up. ...
     
512. It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue. ...
     
513. It is good to know the truth, but it is better to ...
     
514. It is honourable to be accused by those who deserv ...
     
515. It is honourable to be accused by those who deserv ...
     
516. It is not a fish until it is on the bank. ...
     
517. It is not enough to aim you must hit. ...
     
518. It is not enough to aim; you must hit. ...
     
519. It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the o ...
     
520. It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the o ...
     
521. It is the great north wind that made the Vikings. ...
     
522. It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flo ...
     
523. It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flo ...
     
524. It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flo ...
     
525. It takes a village to raise a child. ...
     
526. It takes ten pounds of common sense to carry one p ...
     
527. It's easy to halve the potato where there's love. ...
     
528. It's not that age brings childhood back again, Age ...
     
529. Judge not the horse by his saddle. ...
     
530. Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. ...
     
531. Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a ...
     
532. Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a ...
     
533. Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher ...
     
534. Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve. ...
     
535. Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve. ...
     
536. Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with. ...
     
537. Laws, like the spider's webs, catch the flies and ...
     
538. Lawyers and painters can soon change white to blac ...
     
539. Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner ...
     
540. Let every fox take care of his own tail. ...
     
541. Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use o ...
     
542. Life is an onion and one peels it crying. ...
     
543. Life is unbearable, but death is not so pleasant e ...
     
544. Life without a friend is death without a witness. ...
     
545. Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ...
     
546. Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ...
     
547. Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf. ...
     
548. Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passi ...
     
549. Live to live and you will learn to live ...
     
550. Live together like brothers and do business like s ...
     
551. Live with wolves, and you learn to howl. ...
     
552. Live your own life, for you will die your own deat ...
     
553. Lomhlaba Unzima, Lohmhlaba. This world is a harsh ...
     
554. Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of ...
     
555. Love and eggs are best when they are fresh. ...
     
556. Love is a kind of military service. ...
     
557. Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and li ...
     
558. Love is union with somebody, or something, outside ...
     
559. Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ...
     
560. Love rules without rules. ...
     
561. Love tells us many things that are not so. ...
     
562. Love your neighbor, but don't tear down your fence ...
     
563. Make happy those who are near, and those who are f ...
     
564. Make sure to be in with your equals if you're goin ...
     
565. Make your bargain before beginning to plow. ...
     
566. Make your bargain before beginning to plow. ...
     
567. Man has responsibility, not power. ...
     
568. Man has responsibility, not power. ...
     
569. Man has responsiblity, not power. Tuscarora ...
     
570. Man plans and God laughs. ...
     
571. Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's ...
     
572. Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt ...
     
573. Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to ...
     
574. Many things are lost for want of asking. ...
     
575. Married couples tell each other a thousand things ...
     
576. May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty. ...
     
577. May you have a lawsuit in which you know you are i ...
     
578. May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely ...
     
579. My son, give me thine heart... ...
     
580. Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry. ...
     
581. Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry. ...
     
582. Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry. ...
     
583. Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile i ...
     
584. Never do anything standing that you can do sitting ...
     
585. Never fall out with your bread and butter. ...
     
586. Never give a child a sword. ...
     
587. Never give a child a sword. ...
     
588. Never give advice in a crowd. ...
     
589. Never give advice unless asked. ...
     
590. Never give advice unless asked. ...
     
591. Never let people see the bottom of your purse or o ...
     
592. Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smi ...
     
593. Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smi ...
     
594. Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. ...
     
595. Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles ...
     
596. Never write a letter while you are angry. ...
     
597. No answer is also an answer. ...
     
598. No call alligator long mouth till you pass him. ...
     
599. No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, ...
     
600. No need to teach an eagle to fly. ...
     
601. No one can see their reflection in running water. ...
     
602. No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor. ...
     
603. No one is so generous as he who has nothing to giv ...
     
604. No revenge is more honourable than the one not tak ...
     
605. Not to know is bad not to wish to know is worse. ...
     
606. Observe your enemies, for they first find your fau ...
     
607. Old birds are hard to pluck. ...
     
608. Once I had the strength but no wisdom now I have t ...
     
609. Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go ba ...
     
610. Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go ba ...
     
611. One boy is more trouble that a dozen girls. ...
     
612. One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies fo ...
     
613. One cannot both feast and become rich. ...
     
614. One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ...
     
615. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him. ...
     
616. One drink is just right two is too many three are ...
     
617. One kind word can warm three winter months. ...
     
618. One kind word can warm three winter months. ...
     
619. One meets his destiny often in the road he takes t ...
     
620. One pound of learning requires ten pounds of commo ...
     
621. One should be just as careful in choosing one's pl ...
     
622. One who sits between two chairs may easily fall do ...
     
623. One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footpr ...
     
624. Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday ...
     
625. Only the dreamer shall understand realities, thoug ...
     
626. Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot. ...
     
627. Only your real friends will tell you when your fac ...
     
628. Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained ...
     
629. Opportunity doesn't knock. You knock, opportunity ...
     
630. Patience is the key to paradise. ...
     
631. People come to poverty in two ways accumulating de ...
     
632. Perhaps you do not understand me because you do no ...
     
633. Practice no vice because it's trivial... Neglect n ...
     
634. Praise youth and it will prosper. ...
     
635. Praise youth and it will prosper. ...
     
636. Pray, pray very much but beware of telling God wha ...
     
637. Proportion your expenses to what you have, not wha ...
     
638. Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of w ...
     
639. Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of w ...
     
640. Rast ich, so rost ich. (When I rest, I rust.) ...
     
641. Ready money works great cures. ...
     
642. Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fools. ...
     
643. Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush ...
     
644. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. ...
     
645. Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald beh ...
     
646. Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald beh ...
     
647. Set a thief to catch a thief. ...
     
648. Shared joy is double joy. Shared sorrow is half so ...
     
649. Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what ...
     
650. Sit quiety, doing nothing, spring comes, and the g ...
     
651. Small children disturb your sleep, big children yo ...
     
652. Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ...
     
653. Some have been thought brave because they were afr ...
     
654. Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted. ...
     
655. Speak of the devil and he appears. ...
     
656. Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ...
     
657. Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ...
     
658. Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ...
     
659. Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee. ...
     
660. Spread the table and contention will cease. ...
     
661. Stupid people always think they are right. Wise pe ...
     
662. Stupidities that succeed are still stupidities. ...
     
663. Take a second look... It costs you nothing. ...
     
664. Take hold lightly let go lightly. This is one of t ...
     
665. Take hold lightly; let go lightly. This is one of ...
     
666. Teachers open the door, but you must enter by your ...
     
667. Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself. ...
     
668. Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not re ...
     
669. Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you ar ...
     
670. The afternoon knows what the morning never suspect ...
     
671. The anvil fears no blows. ...
     
672. The beginning is the half of every action. ...
     
673. The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their ...
     
674. The best armor is to keep out of range. ...
     
675. The best armor is to keep out of range. ...
     
676. The big thieves hang the little ones. ...
     
677. The big thieves hang the little ones. ...
     
678. The blind man is laughing at the bald head. ...
     
679. The church is near, but the way is icy, The tavern ...
     
680. The crow that mimics a cormorant is drowned. ...
     
681. The Devil finds work for idle hands. ...
     
682. The doctor is to be feared more than the disease. ...
     
683. The dog that fetches will also carry. (Translation ...
     
684. The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your b ...
     
685. The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausag ...
     
686. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. ...
     
687. The eyes are the window of the soul. ...
     
688. The eyes believe themselves the ears believe other ...
     
689. The first drink with water, the second without wat ...
     
690. The foolish man lies awake all night
     Thinking ...
     
691. The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor m ...
     
692. The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor m ...
     
693. The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a ...
     
694. The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ...
     
695. The greater love is a mother's then comes a dog's ...
     
696. The hammer shatters glass but forges steel. ...
     
697. The innkeeper loves a drunkard, but not for a son- ...
     
698. The journey is the reward. ...
     
699. The lazy man always does twice the work.
     (El b ...
     
700. The lip of truth shall be established for ever: bu ...
     
701. The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight ...
     
702. The man who comes with a tale about others has him ...
     
703. The man who comes with a tale about others has him ...
     
704. The man who does not learn is dark, like one walki ...
     
705. The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying ...
     
706. The man who strikes first admits that his ideas ha ...
     
707. The nail that sticks out is hammered down. ...
     
708. The net of the sleeper catches fish. ...
     
709. The only truly dead are those who have been forgot ...
     
710. The palest ink is better than the best memory. ...
     
711. The palest ink is better than the best memory. ...
     
712. The person who says it cannot be done should not i ...
     
713. The power of hiding ourselves from one another is ...
     
714. The reputation of a thousand years may be determin ...
     
715. The reverse side also has a reverse side. ...
     
716. The reverse side also has a reverse side. ...
     
717. The rich would have to eat money if the poor did n ...
     
718. The road to a friend's house is never long. ...
     
719. The shortest answer is doing. ...
     
720. The sinning is the best part of repentance. ...
     
721. The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no ...
     
722. The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut ...
     
723. The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further ...
     
724. The wise man has long ears and a short tongue. ...
     
725. The wise man speaks of what he sees, the idiot of ...
     
726. The woman cries before the wedding and the man aft ...
     
727. The woman who tells her age is either too young to ...
     
728. There are three things which if one does not know, ...
     
729. There are three things which if one does not know, ...
     
730. There are two perfect men one dead, and the other ...
     
731. There is many a good man to be found under a shabb ...
     
732. There is no flying without wings. ...
     
733. There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ...
     
734. There is no shame in not knowing the shame lies in ...
     
735. There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies i ...
     
736. There is nothing hidden between Heaven and Earth. ...
     
737. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothin ...
     
738. There wouldn't be such a thing as counterfeit gold ...
     
739. This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly wha ...
     
740. Those who do not do politics will be done in by po ...
     
741. Those who do not read are no better off than those ...
     
742. Those who have free seats at a play hiss first. ...
     
743. Those who lose dreaming are lost. ...
     
744. Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas. ...
     
745. Those who wish to sing always find a song. ...
     
746. Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leave ...
     
747. Three Spaniards, four opinions. ...
     
748. Three things it is best to avoid a strange dog, a ...
     
749. Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a g ...
     
750. Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a g ...
     
751. Time gives good advice. ...
     
752. To a quick question, give a slow answer. ...
     
753. To a quick question, give a slow answer. ...
     
754. To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an ol ...
     
755. To believe in one's dreams is to spend all of one' ...
     
756. To cement a new friendship, especially between for ...
     
757. To change and to change for the better are two dif ...
     
758. To change and to change for the better are two dif ...
     
759. To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no e ...
     
760. To him that you tell your secret you resign your l ...
     
761. To know and to act are one and the same. ...
     
762. To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ...
     
763. To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ...
     
764. To live is well, but to live well is better ...
     
765. To love is nothing. To be loved is something. To l ...
     
766. To own is to fear. ...
     
767. To the good listener, half a word is enough. ...
     
768. To the pure, all things are pure. ...
     
769. To understand all is to forgive all. ...
     
770. Tomorrow is often the busiest time of the year. ...
     
771. Tomorrow is the busiest day of the year. ...
     
772. Travellers from afar can lie with impunity. ...
     
773. True nobility is in being superior to your previou ...
     
774. True poverty does not come from God. ...
     
775. True strength lies in gentleness. ...
     
776. Trumpet in a herd of elephants crow in the company ...
     
777. Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the compan ...
     
778. Trust in Allah, but tie your camel. ...
     
779. Trust in Allah, but tie your camel. ...
     
780. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean no ...
     
781. Truth is the safest lie. ...
     
782. Truth never dies, but lives a wretched life. ...
     
783. Truth stands the test of time; lies are soon expos ...
     
784. Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall beh ...
     
785. Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion. ...
     
786. Twenty years a child twenty years running wild twe ...
     
787. Under a ragged coat lies wisdom. ...
     
788. Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a g ...
     
789. Under capitalism man exploits man under socialism ...
     
790. Unles we change direction, we are likely to wind u ...
     
791. Until lions have their historians, tales of the hu ...
     
792. Use power to curb power. ...
     
793. Use soft words and hard arguments. ...
     
794. Use soft words and hard arguments. ...
     
795. Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake. ...
     
796. Vision without action is a daydream. Action with w ...
     
797. Vision without action is a daydream. Action withou ...
     
798. Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, t ...
     
799. Vulnerant omnia, ultima necat. (All the hours woun ...
     
800. Wait until it is night before saying that is has b ...
     
801. Wait until it is night before saying that it has b ...
     
802. Walk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not ...
     
803. We are all visitors to this time, this place. We a ...
     
804. We are no more than candles burning in the wind. ...
     
805. We are usually the best men when in the worst heal ...
     
806. We do not inherit the land, we borrow it from our ...
     
807. We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it. ...
     
808. We never know the worth of water 'til the well is ...
     
809. We never know the worth of water till the well is ...
     
810. What breaks in a moment may take years to mend. ...
     
811. What breaks in a moment may take years to mend. ...
     
812. What is play to the cat is death to the mouse. ...
     
813. What may be done at any time will be done at no ti ...
     
814. What may be done at any time will be done at no ti ...
     
815. What one fool can do, another can. ...
     
816. What the people believe is true. Anishinabe ...
     
817. What was hard to endure is sweet to recall. ...
     
818. What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent wi ...
     
819. What you give you get, ten times over. ...
     
820. When a proud man hears another praised, he feels h ...
     
821. When a thing is done, advice comes too late. ...
     
822. When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will ki ...
     
823. When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who p ...
     
824. When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers. ...
     
825. When one has one's hand full of truth it is not al ...
     
826. When one shuts one eye, one does not hear everythi ...
     
827. When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion. ...
     
828. When spiders unite they can tie down a lion. ...
     
829. When the blind man carries the lame man, both go f ...
     
830. When the character of a man is not clear to you, l ...
     
831. When the character of a man is not clear to you, l ...
     
832. When the fox preaches, look to the geese. ...
     
833. When the mouse laughs at the cat there is a hole n ...
     
834. When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot ...
     
835. When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside ...
     
836. When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside ...
     
837. When two quarrel, both are to blame. ...
     
838. When we cannot get what we love, we must love what ...
     
839. When you drink the water, remember the spring. ...
     
840. When you drink the water, remember the spring. ...
     
841. When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears. ...
     
842. When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears. ...
     
843. When you have completed 95 of your journey you are ...
     
844. When you have given nothing, ask for nothing. ...
     
845. When you have given nothing, ask for nothing. ...
     
846. When you have only two pennies left in the world, ...
     
847. When you have only two pennies left in the world, ...
     
848. When you want to test the depths of a stream, don' ...
     
849. When you were born, you cried and the world rejoic ...
     
850. Where God has his church the Devil will have his c ...
     
851. Where no counsel is, the people fall but in the mu ...
     
852. Where there are no swamps there are no frogs. ...
     
853. Where there are no tigers, a wildcat is very self- ...
     
854. Where there is a sea there are pirates. ...
     
855. Where there is love, there is pain. ...
     
856. Where there is no shame, there is no honor. ...
     
857. Where there is no vision, the people perish. ...
     
858. Where there is no vision, the people perish. ...
     
859. Who begins too much accomplishes little. ...
     
860. Who begins too much accomplishes little. ...
     
861. Who begins too much accomplishes little. ...
     
862. Who depends on another man's table often dines lat ...
     
863. Who lies for you will lie against you. ...
     
864. Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother b ...
     
865. Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not lo ...
     
866. Whoever cares to learn will always find a teacher. ...
     
867. Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ...
     
868. Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ...
     
869. Whose bread I eat his song I sing. ...
     
870. Wisdom is supreme therefore make a full effort to ...
     
871. Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdo ...
     
872. With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle. ...
     
873. With money in your pocket you are wise, you are ha ...
     
874. With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a ...
     
875. With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a ...
     
876. With true friends...even water drunk together is s ...
     
877. Woe to the house where the hen crows and the roost ...
     
878. Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. ...
     
879. Words must be weighed, not counted. ...
     
880. Worries go better with soup than without. ...
     
881. Worries go down better with soup than without. ...
     
882. Worries go down better with soup than without. ...
     
883. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though ...
     
884. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though ...
     
885. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though ...
     
886. Years and sins are always more than owned. ...
     
887. Yesterday is a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But t ...
     
888. You can not write in the chimney with charcoal. ...
     
889. You can outdistance that which is running after yo ...
     
890. You can't force anyone to love you or lend you mon ...
     
891. You can't wake a person who is pretending to be as ...
     
892. You don't have to die heaven and hell are in this ...
     
893. You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a ...
     
894. You may laugh at a friend's roof don't laugh at hi ...
     
895. You will always be lucky if you know how to make f ...
     
896. You've got to do your own growing, no matter how t ...
     
897. Young pigs grunt as as old pigs grunted before the ...
     
898. Your friend has a friend don't tell him. ...
     
899. Za dvumya zaitsami pogonish'sya, ne odnogo ne poim ...